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Tangier
Near the Grand Socco
It was here that Paul
Bowles lived and wrote, as well as William
Burroughs, who wrote in Naked
Lunch about the "Interzone,"
referring
to Tangier, which was an international zone governed until 1956 by a group of
European powers called the Board of Control.
Meknès
Courtyard in the Mausoleum of Sultan Moulay Ismail
Sultan Moulay Ismail (reigned 1672-1727) made Meknès his capital.
Faience
Intricate stucco and zellij tiles are used to decorate the lower strip of the inner walls.
Volubilis
Mosaics
Volubilis dates largely from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, and was one of the Roman Empire's most remote outposts.
Mosaic detail.
Fès
Bab Bou Jeloud
Added in 1913, Bab Bou Jeloud is the main entrance to the old town, Fès el-Bali, which contains more than nine thousand streets and lanes.
Bottom right, in the distance, is the minaret of the Medersa
Bou Inania, built by the Merenid sultan Bou Inan
between 1350 and 1357; it is one of the finest theological colleges built by the
Merenids.
Kairaouine Mosque
The mosque was built between 859 and 862 by Fatma bint
Mohammed be Feheri for her fellow
refugees from Tunisia. The buildings contain one
of the finest libraries in the Muslim world.
Erg Chebbi
Erg Chebbi Dunes at Dawn
Erg Chebbi dunes near Merzouga in the south east.
Marrakesh
City View
View of the city from the Koutoubia Minaret. Marrakesh was founded in 1062 AD by the Almoravid sultan Youssef bin Tachfin.
Tanneries
Pits used for dyeing and tanning.
Jardin Majorelle
Now owned by Yves Saint-Laurent, the gardens and villa were laid out by the French painter Jacques Majorelle, who lived there from 1922 to 1962.
Essaouira (Mogador)
City Wall
The Portuguese established a commercial and military bridgehead in Essaouira towards the end of the 15th century.
Ramparts
Most of what stands today is the result of Sultan Sidi
Mohammed bin Abdallah
hiring a French architect, Théodore Cornut, in 1765 to design a city suitable
for traders.
